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Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
Delaware County Military Order of the Cootie, Honor Degree, VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars]
Media Centennial Celebration. Military and Veterans Day. Military Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03
"George Allman, father of the famous blind wrestler of the same name, dressed in George Washington-style costume, hands out balloons and noisemakers to the children awaiting the parade." (Media News, June 8, 1950, caption for similar photograph)
Media Centennial Celebration. Keystone Kops with beardless man in handcuffs.
Date: 1950-06-03
Francis Gray, right. These "Kops" were members of the Media Lions Club, and in charge of "enforcing" the beard rules in town during the celebration. Beardless men needed to buy a beardless permit or risk being fined and ducked in a bathtub of water,…
Media Centennial Beard Contest. Francis Cunningham and unknown contestant.
Address: Not Known
Date: 1950-06-03
Francis Cunningham, right, and an unidentified contestant, having their beards combed out by unidentified women.
Media Centennial Celebration. County Day. Parade of antique automobiles
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-05
Media Centennial Celebration. County Day. Parade of antique automobiles
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-05
Carload of men with beards and vintage clothing greeting passersby. View is looking east on State Street from west of Orange Street.
Media Centennial Celebration. County Day. Parade of antique automobiles
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-05
Media Centennial Celebration. County Day
Date: 1950-06-05
Media High School Marching Band. View looking east on State Street. Sun Ray Drug Co. and Horen's Budget Shoe Shop also shown; both stores on the north side of State Street at Olive Street.
Media Centennial Celebration. County Day
Date: 1950-06-05
Media High School Marching Band. View looking east on State Street, with Borough Hall on left.
Media Centennial Celebration
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-03/1950-06-10
Media Lion's Club float, with charioteer being pulled by two lions in harness. This image had no negative number and no caption, so date is uncertain.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Media Mother's Club float, showing bridal costumes of various eras.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Providence Friends Meeting float celebrating Lucretia Mott's anti-slavery work and the Underground railroad
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: State St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1950-06-07
Media VFW Ladies Auxiliary float, with a Colonial soldier watching over Betsy Ross as she sews the American flag.
Media Centennial Celebration. Civic Day. Twilight Parade
Address: Not known
Date: 1950-06-07
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Anthony, Jr., of Moylan, rode a tandem bicycle and carried a banner representing the Media Co-operative Store, or Co-op. (Chester Times, June 8, 1950)